Qin Dynasty: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

Xianyang Palace was built during the Qin Xiaogong period. Although it has been the center of power of the Qin State for hundreds of years, because it was built too early and is located in Xianyang City, its scale is not large, at least compared to Zhang in the south of Xianyang City. Tai Palace and Ganquan Palace are much different in scale.

But this cannot affect the central importance of Xianyang Palace, because it is where the King of Qin and Zhao Ji, the Queen Mother who supervises the country, live.

As the biological mother of King Qin Zheng, Zhao Ji moved into Xianyang Palace and lived in the West Palace of Xianyang Palace since Qin Wangzheng succeeded to the throne of Qin. The East Palace was the residence of Qin Wangzheng.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gao, Yang Ming turned around through the complex corridors and came to the main hall of the West Palace.

Following the maid who was responsible for guiding the way out of the main hall, Yang Ming entered the palace in front of him.

The moment he entered the palace, Yang Ming felt an aura of extreme wealth, an aura called 'rich woman'. Big red curtains hung down from the beams of the palace. Only these were made. The silk of the curtain is worth a lot of money. Its value is so high and its quantity is so large that even an ordinary wealthy family cannot afford it.

Under the guidance of the maid, Yang Ming saw bronzes of different styles, wooden frames placed under the pillars, colorful coral trees from the East China Sea, huge luminous pearls inlaid on the pillars, and even We also saw the presence of weapons.

Just the furnishings of this palace cost hundreds of thousands of gold. What does hundreds of thousands of gold mean? Yang Ming and Zi Nu risked their lives several times in Hengshan Mountain. They struggled for several months and suffered numerous casualties. They had not yet earned a hundred thousand gold. Even so, Yang Ming and Zi Nu already felt that they had made a lot of money. of windfall.

But here, just a few coral trees over three feet might be worth half of Zi Nu's current worth.

From these furnishings, it seems that we can see some of Zhao Ji's taste, huh? How to say? It can only be said to be very rich.

Under the guidance of the palace maid, Yang Ming passed through a curtain. Behind the curtain was a huge bookcase. Behind the bookcase was a screen. The elegance of the jade-carved screen concealed nobility. Its owner must be a very tasteful person. woman.

But the picture on the screen is not the plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums that should be there, but a huge map, with all the important places of the Seven Kingdoms on it.

The alternative combination of screen and screen frame gives off a weird atmosphere.

But Yang Ming couldn't care about this at this time, because there was a person sitting behind the desk in front of the screen.

I don’t know if it’s because of Zhao Ji’s kneeling posture at this time. Yang Ming only felt that Zhao Ji had an inexplicable majesty at this time. Everything around him was an extension of this majesty. Under her palms, There was a volume of memorials, and Yang Ming could vaguely see the official seal of the Lieutenant's Mansion on it.

At this moment, in Yang Ming's eyes, Zhao Ji was no longer the unreliable Zhao Ji, but the real Queen Mother of Qin.

Zhao Ji, who was wearing a jade hairpin and a phoenix hairpin, looked at Yang Ming in front of her, with a gleam in her eyes, and said, "I heard that you were assassinated on the street last night to give away two female prostitutes from Jinghua Garden?"

"Yes." Yang Ming replied.

"Have you ever been injured?"

"It's a lucky break."

"The Ai family will investigate this matter for you. If they dare to assassinate you, they really don't take the Ai family seriously." Zhao Ji said, "Are they trying to assassinate you? They are..."

Zhao Ji couldn't continue talking at this point and forgot her words.

"They are slapping you in the face, Queen Mother." Yang Ming, who noticed that Zhao Ji was stuck, added very considerately. Of course, his "considerateness" was not pure at all, he was just trying to get angry.

If it was really Luo Yu's hand, Yang Ming's current situation might not be enough, but Zhao Ji is different. She has enough strength to punish the people behind the scenes.

"Yes, they are slapping the Ai family in the face. How can the Ai family let them go?" Zhao Ji instinctively followed Yang Ming's words after the thought stuck in her head was revealed by Yang Ming.

"Wait, why does this sound wrong?" Suddenly Zhao Ji felt that there was something wrong with this, but it was exactly what she thought.

Zhao Ji, who frowned slightly, was thinking about it, but couldn't think of a reason for a while. After a moment of silence, she simply gave up thinking and said, "The Aijia will investigate this matter strictly and avenge you."

"Thank you for your great kindness, Queen Mother." Yang Ming bowed and saluted.

"Can I still participate in today's competition? If not, the Ai family will postpone the competition for a few days." Zhao Ji asked.

"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I was not injured last night and it will not affect today's competition." Yang Ming replied.

"Then you stay here first and go to Ganquan Palace with the Ai family in the afternoon." Zhao Ji said.

"yes."

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, she ignored Yang Ming. Instead, she took a scroll of bamboo slips from the desk, unfolded it under her hands, and began to study it carefully.

Yang Ming saw a solemn look on Zhao Ji's face. Thinking that this was Xianyang Palace and the memorial from the Lieutenant's Mansion he had just seen, it was easy for Yang Ming to think that Zhao Ji was reading from Memorials of important officials of the Qin State.

After all, as the political biological mother of the King of Qin, Zhao Ji holds a lot of power in her hands. Not to mention anything else, just the tiger talisman and the final appointment power of officials with more than a thousand stones make Zhao Ji a very important presence in the entire Qin State.

If Zhao Ji didn't really know how to use her power, so that she was used and abused her power in the original trajectory, the Queen Mother would indeed have a thick and strong thigh.

Sensing Yang Ming's sudden strangeness, Zhao Ji couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, feeling a little proud in her heart. This was the first time she had seen such a look on Yang Ming.

Sure enough, in a place like Xianyang Palace, I can truly grasp the majesty of the Queen Mother, and power is indeed the most tempting thing for men.

However, Zhao Ji seemed to have spent a little too long looking at a scroll of bamboo slips. Even though a quarter of an hour had passed, she still hadn't finished reading the bamboo slips in her hand.

Yang Ming vaguely realized something and simply closed his eyes. This old Queen Mother who was bored all day long had no power at all.

While Xianyang was staying in Xianyang Palace, the news that the captain of Ganquan Palace was assassinated last night had spread throughout Xianyang.

At this moment, Lu Qi felt real fear. Before, Lao Ai only described to him the rewards of success, but deliberately made him ignore the consequences of failure.

Especially the Queen Mother's words coming from Xianyang Palace made Lu Qi's fear turn into fear.

Lu Qi's panic fell in the eyes of Lu Buwei, who was a father. Lu Buwei could tell something was wrong at a glance. Thinking of the relationship between Lu Qi and Lao Ai, Lu Buwei's brows couldn't help but frown.

"Last night's assassination was caused by Luo Wang?" Lu Buwei, who took Lu Qi to the study, asked directly.

"No, it's not." Lu Qi argued.

"I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again." There was a coldness in Lu Buwei's eyes.

"It's me, but this matter..." Under Lu Buwei's stern eyes, Lu Qi could no longer insist. He knew that if his father wanted to investigate, he couldn't hide it.

"Do you know how big a taboo you have committed?" Lu Buwei asked.

"Father, we did this in a very secretive manner. The manpower we used was just recruited. The net has not been included yet, so we can't find the person in the net." Lu Qi said.

"Do you think I'm worried about you being found out?" Lu Buwei asked.

"This?" Lu Qi wanted to say yes, but thinking of his father's habit, he couldn't say the word 'yes'.

"So what if we find out? Could it be that Tingwei's Mansion can still arrest you? What really disappoints me is not that you were so bold and bold to assassinate Colonel Ganquan Palace in this current situation. What disappoints me is your own stupidity." Lu Buwei scolded sharply.

"Father, I..." Lu Qi wanted to defend, but when he met Lu Buwei's cold gaze, he was too frightened to say anything.

"Since you want to assassinate, you must ensure that one blow is successful, but you failed. This is not the most stupid thing. The most stupid thing is that I asked you to take charge of the snare. As the leader of the snare, you were killed by your own subordinates. Use, do things that are only beneficial to him and only harmful to you. How stupid you must be to be used by a lower-ranking person." Lu Buwei's severity had turned into disappointment at this time.

"Father?" Lu Qi opened his mouth, but in the end nothing came out.

"Lao Ai, I've underestimated you." Lu Buwei said, his eyes narrowed, and he had more murderous intent. This little person who he didn't take seriously before was very capable of doing bad things.

As time passed, Zhao Ji came to Ganquan Palace again.

The final three games will begin in the afternoon.

"Queen Mother, I have a request for my humble duty, please allow the Queen Mother." Yang Ming, who followed Zhao Ji to Ganquan Palace, asked Zhao Ji who had already fallen behind.

"Tell me, let's hear if the Ai family agrees to your promise." Zhao Ji said.

"The last two opponents, I want to decide the order of the opponents myself."

"Why is this?" Zhao Ji asked curiously.

The order of the competition is already there, and it was in this order yesterday. Why is it that in the last two games, Yang Ming has to change the order of his opponents?

"Please accept the Queen Mother's permission." Yang Ming did not say his intention, but just asked blankly.

"Okay then, it's your decision." Seeing that she couldn't come up with an answer, Zhao Ji simply agreed. It was just a trivial matter, and it wouldn't cause her to go too far as the Queen Mother.

"Go ahead. Don't forget what the Ai family told you yesterday. If you can't become the captain of Ganquan Palace, you will have to work as a valet for the Ai family." Zhao Ji added.

"If you can stay with the Queen Mother, you can even be a chamberlain." Yang Ming said with a bright smile.

Zhao Ji was in a trance when she saw Yang Ming's white teeth showing when he smiled. She could vaguely see that there seemed to be something different about Yang Ming.

The Yang Ming before gave her a scheming and thoughtful feeling, but the Yang Ming now? The gloomy feeling was gone, but instead there was a vague feeling of wanton publicity.

Is this his true appearance? Zhao Ji thought as her eyes followed Yang Ming as he walked down the steps.

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